The 1st Big Move - Leaving Ottawa

The process has begun...

Friday, July 20 was our last day of work. We regretted working until our last possible day when we realized how much packing we still had left to do! We stopped by our dance studio (Arthur Murray on Gladstone) on Friday night - many of the teachers and students were in California at a competition, but we were pleased to find Bianca (our incredibly happy and patient teacher) at the studio.

Friday night and Saturday were spent packing. We crashed at 12:30 a.m. on Saturday night and woke up at 5:30 a.m. to continue packing... Our moving help - Paul, Michael, Rob, Chris and Lisa began arriving at 9 a.m.... The loading of the truck - a brand-new U-Haul, unheard of! - started at 10 a.m.... I was still packing all day - we own far too much stuff. But how grateful we are for our friends!

Marc and I finally headed off to Toronto at about 6 p.m., exhausted and ready for bed, not a five hour drive! We arrived at my parent's house just before midnight, unloaded a few things, and crashed. After a relatively short sleep, we woke up bright and early on Monday, unloaded 1/3 of the truck at my parent's place, with the help of Nick, my brother-in-law, and then unloaded the rest into our storage unit that afternoon, again, with much help from the family.

Monday night was spent unpacking, relaxing with family and packing for our five-day trip to New Brunswick, departing the next morning.